> on command prompt type svn --version and you will get the required info
That's for the client. The OP asked how to get the version of the server from the clientside. (So without access to the serverside.) I naively tried the following, but it doesn't reveal the version info: l...@hrswks006: ~ > echo version | nc svn.our-server.dev 3690 ( success ( 2 2 ( ) ( edit-pipeline svndiff1 absent-entries commit-revprops depth log-revprops partial-replay ) ) ) -- Michael